German heavy metal queen Doro Pesch will appear 'live' on WJCU's Metal On Metal radio program on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. (EST). Doro will be kicking off her North American tour in Philadelphia on the same night. Doro is touring in support of her latest album, Fear No Evil, which was released in North America on June 2 via AFM/Dismanic/Ryko Distribution.

In addition to discussing her touring,recent European festival appearances and recording, Doro will be giving away tickets to listeners for her Cleveland, Ohio show at Peabody's on Thursday, September 10. Cleveland's thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR, CELLBOUND and LOWER 13 open.

The tour dates are as follows:

September

4 - Philadelphia, PA - Whiskey Tango
5 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
6 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
8 - New York, NY - The Blender Theater at Grammercy
10 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
11 - Toronto, ON - Wreck Room
12 - Chicago, IL - Nite Cap
13 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
16 - Monterrey, Mexico - Monterrey Metal Festival
18 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
19 - Mesa, AZ - U.B.'s
20 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club

As a special bonus, there will be 50 VIP tickets available for each show which gets you early entry into the venue before the doors officially open and includes a special meet-and-greet with the entire band.

Metal On Metal, hosted by Bill Peters, can be heard every Friday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (EST) at 88.7 FM in the Cleveland area or streamed live worldwide at www.wjcu.org The long-running, award winning, internationally acclaimed program has been providing heavy metal on the airwaves to the metal fans of Cleveland since 1982.

Cleveland has always been a very memorable city for Doro and a place where she holds her fans close to her heart. On June 4, 2004 at The Odeon Concert Club during the BW&BK; 6-Pack Weekend, Doro was surprised on stage by fans at the end of her set when she was presented with a special extended 40th birthday celebration that included a cake, confetti, balloons, gifts, speakers honoring her music career and an audience participation Happy Birthday sing-a-long that brought the singer to tears in front of the packed venue. It is something she still remembers and talks about to this day.

(Pictured: Bill Peters and Doro Pesch)